Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2023

released in 2011.” The researchers observed threat actors exploiting the flaw to gain access to the Openfire Plugins interface and creating new admin console user accounts to install a new plugin. The webshell can then be accessed, without authentication, exploiting the traversal. Of those, the most popular version is 3.7.1,released

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Facebook updates its bug bounty program, it is increasing the overall rewards for security flaws that could be exploited to take over accounts. Increasing Bounties for Account Takeover VulnerabilitiesSince 2011, our Bug Bounty program has been among the most… Gepostet von Facebook Bug Bounty am Dienstag, 20. November 2018.

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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 29, 2024

It looks like similar techniques were used on Sir Grayson Perry’s stage show , where information was used to identify members of the audience and query details from their social media accounts live on stage. He has been a speaker on the infosec circuit and was one of the keynotes at the inaugural 44CON London security event in 2011.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 27, 2018

She was pretty shocked when I showed her this as it was precisely the same verbal password as she used to authenticate to her bank. Sidenote: she's an avid 1Password user and has been since 2011, this password dated back a couple of decades when, like most people still do today, she had reused it extensively).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

The security breach was discovered after Mitsubishi Electric staff found a suspicious file on one of the company’s servers, further investigation allowed the company to determine that hack of an employee account. An attempted attack requires user authentication.” SP1 for Windows. ” reported ZDNet.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account. The leak also included the JWT secret key, another type of token, which is usually used for authentication. If attackers had access to this key, they could create an admin account and have privileged access to a website.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

contacts, images, and files) from various online accounts associated cloud storage services. Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . Some of the videos were showing how to exfiltrate data (i.e. continues IBM.

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

“What Bitcoin was to 2011, NFTs are to 2021.”. A distributed group of devices does the work to vouch for the authenticity of the token the same way it does for a bitcoin. An often used and helpful analogy is to certificates of authenticity (COA) like those used in the art world.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

China-linked cyber espionage group APT20 has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in recent attacks, cyber-security firm Fox-IT warns. The APT20 group has been active since at least 2011, but experts did not associate any campaign with this threat actors between 2016 and 2017. “Operation Wocao (??

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

Is the demise of OTP authentication imminent? Reducing the risk from credential compromise is forcing regulators and industry leaders to mandate multifactor authentication (MFA) and re-assess the efficacy of OTP. Historical perspective of strengthening authentication. Which authentication method is suitable or do you need many?

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

According to the BBC, the data includes: Passport scans of both pupils and parents which date back to 2011. Ensure your RDP points are locked down with a good password and multi-factor authentication. There’s going to be quite a bit of concern for parents and teachers alike, with sensitive data being thrown into the mix.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t.

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Google Security

MAY 23, 2023

Chrome Root Program: TL;DR Chrome uses digital certificates (often referred to as “certificates,” “HTTPS certificates,” or “server authentication certificates”) to ensure the connections it makes for its users are secure and private. For example, in 2011 a compromised CA led to a large-scale attack on web users in Iran.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 3, 2021

But if you’re asking me about my first role with a cybersecurity title, that came in 2011, when I was recruited to run the vulnerability management team for a major enterprise. I told them, “Here’s my mission, I need you to help me hold me accountable.”. Every city that I visited, I built groups and met communities.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

since at least 2011. back in 2011. 19% of the infections were from India, and the top eight countries affected by Gooligan accounted for more than 50% of the infections. The apparent authenticity of its front explains why some reputable companies ended up being scammed by this group. Android malware. RageAgainstTheCage.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

since at least 2011. back in 2011. 19% of the infections were from India, and the top eight countries affected by Gooligan accounted for more than 50% of the infections. The apparent authenticity of its front explains why some reputable companies ended up being scammed by this group. Android malware. RageAgainstTheCage.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Most recently, the company used phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication for advertising and networking purposes. It's unclear how Facebook measures and assesses its own progress and who might be held accountable for failings. Facebook needs to be both explicit and detailed about how and when it shares user data.

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NopSec

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The vulnerability traces back to code released in 2011, which is a significant amount of time for a hashing algorithm to find its way into hundreds if not thousands of projects. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this vulnerability make an appearance in future trending CVEs.

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Elie

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This post looks at two-factor authentication adoption in the wild, highlights the disparity of support between the various categories of websites, and illuminates how fragmented the two factor ecosystem is in terms of standard adoption. How prevalent is 2FA authentication? in 2011 almost 10 years ago. Methodology.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That story about the Flashback author was possible because a source had obtained a Web browser authentication cookie for a founding member of a Russian cybercrime forum called BlackSEO. The story on the Flashback author featured redacted screenshots that were taken from Ika’s BlackSEO account (see image above). Kink,” “Mr.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Manual and annoying for a long time, passwords were a key technology, beginning in the early digital age, to protect servers, accounts, and eventually email. Now, it is available to any user with a Microsoft account. Microsoft's model relies on downloading its app for authentication. Except there was a problem. Sebastian P.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2022

The reputation is well-deserved when you consider that we (the cybersecurity team) tell users to create a unique password for each account to increase security. In 2011, Forrester estimated that each call to the help desk for a password reset costs $70. It depends on what you can use as alternatives for security at the access point.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

Your business can use LastPass to maintain unique passwords for each employee’s online accounts—a critical practice for modern cybersecurity health. Two unique features that LastPass offers are support for multi-factor authentication (MFA) and single sign-on (SSO). Notable LastPass features: MFA, SSO, and more.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2021

Once a machine gets infected, ZeuS immediately steals information from web browsers and Windows’ protected storage (PStore) , such as banking or financial information and stored account credentials, respectively. Because of this, fraudsters can easily log back into that banking account using the recorded keystrokes. was leaked.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . “The emails contained links to fake Google Books pages which redirected to sign-in pages designed to steal credentials and two-factor authentication codes.”

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NopSec

MAY 17, 2016

The CVSS v2 was updated to the v3 several years ago to account for the changing security requirements, with the CVSS v3.1 Authentication (N, S, M): Does access to the target data require No authentication, Single authentication, or Multiple authentication? being the latest version.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Phosphorus successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and security conference attendees. As always, enabling multi-factor authentication across both business and personal email accounts will successfully thwart most credential harvesting attacks like these.”

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. Vamosi: This is bad. Test your systems. Look for those bugs.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. Vamosi: This is bad. Test your systems. Look for those bugs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 25, 2018

My relationship with 1Password stretches all the way back to 2011 when I came to the realisation that the only secure password is the one you can't remember. There's also a bunch of other ways 1Password can use the data to streamline how users protect their accounts and that's something we're actively discussing.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Vamosi: In my book from 2011 When Gadgets Betray Us , I profiled a young Czech born streetwise car thief, an unlikely example of a high tech criminal. A proximity authenticate, and CC by forwarding the data from a baseband to the link layer. He's been stealing cars since the age of 11. So rewriting is possible.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

In 2011, McAfee added to their database security lineup with the acquisition of Sentrigo, which approached database security with an emphasis on privileged user activity and access. For control access, authorization grants users least privilege while the Azure Active Directory manages authentication at the database level.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. banks using the Zeus Trojan virus to crack open bank accounts and divert money to Eastern Europe.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

From the first Roomba in 2002 to the first virtual assistant (Siri) in 2011, AI has slowly and steadily penetrated the consumer technology market, often with little comprehension from buyers that artificial intelligence is actually powering the functionality behind their favorite devices.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Bessemer Venture Partners. Sequoia Capital.

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